Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴

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Elbows up! 🇨🇦 An IT Professional with interests in economics, science, history and technology. Guelph, Ontario.

Born at 319 ppm

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Cry us a river.
New York City’s super-rich complain about Mamdani’s tax on second homes
https://www.ft.com/content/02ac0f4c-5c81-4f87-af3a-28b0a35a5046
New York City’s super-rich complain about Mamdani’s tax on second homes

Billionaire hedge fund managers say mayor’s proposed levy is ‘demonising philanthropists’

Financial Times

House approves short-term extension of surveillance tool after GOP revolt | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/congress-foreign-surveillance-fisa-spy-agencies-3dc3e84c3b9b03f52b84dfb3b01fc770

Senate extends surveillance powers until April 30 after votes in House

Congress has approved a short-term renewal of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies just days before it was set to expire. A bill extending the program until April 30 cleared the Senate by voice vote Friday as Congress raced to send it to President Donald Trump for his signature. Lawmakers turned to a short-term extension of the program after an attempt to pass a five-year renewal failed in a late-night House vote. The short-term fix sets the stage for another showdown in a matter of weeks. The program permits key national security agencies to collect and analyze vast amounts of overseas communications without a warrant.

AP News
Wall Street banks start trading derivatives to bet on pain in private credit

JPMorgan and Barclays are among those offering CDS on Apollo, Ares and Blackstone funds

Financial Times

Duelling blockades test whether U.S. or Iran can better withstand the economic pain | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-iran-us-war-blockade-strait-hormuz-economic-impact-9.7166690

ANALYSIS | Iran war becomes economic battle of who can handle blockade pain | CBC News

The war between the U.S. and Iran has shifted from being fought with missiles to a battle of blockades, so a key question now becomes which country can better withstand the economic pain.

CBC

Floodwaters inundate homes, properties in South Bruce Peninsula | Owen Sound Sun Times

https://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/news/local-news/floodwaters-inundate-homes-properties-in-south-bruce-peninsula

Floodwaters inundate homes, properties in South Bruce Peninsula

Areas around Hepworth, Gould Lake, Shallow Lake and Sauble Beach are being impacted particularly hard by floodwaters.

owensoundsuntimes

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@waider/116417530462587352

The Lorrymen should have just milked the Diesel Cows.

Woman stranded in Dusseldorf after return UK flight blocked over Home Office admin error | Home Office | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/woman-dusseldorf-uk-home-office-return-flight-blocked

Woman stranded in Dusseldorf after return UK flight blocked over Home Office admin error

Liza Tobay, who lives in UK, was told her settled status had been ‘red flagged’ after trying to make a connecting flight from Munich to Edinburgh

The Guardian

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret | Microsoft | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret

Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups

The Guardian

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/14/facebook-instagram-antifa-censor/

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”

Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.”

The Intercept